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Cancer susceptibility variants and the risk of adult glioma in a US case-control study.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 Sept 2011
Egan Kathleen M, Thompson Reid C, Nabors L B, Olson Jeffrey J, Brat Daniel J, Larocca Renato V, Brem Steven, Moots Paul L, Madden Melissa H, Browning James E, Ann Chen Y
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Malignant gliomas are the most common and deadly brain tumors. Although their etiology remains elusive, recent studies have narrowed the search for genetic loci that influence risk. We examined variants implicated in recent cancer genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for associations with glioma risk in a US case-control study. Cases were identified from neurosurgical and neuro-oncology clinics at major...
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